List of mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Incumbent
Danene Sorace
since January 2, 2018
Inaugural holder John Passmore
Formation1818

The Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has had 43 mayors since 1818. [1]

Mayors of Lancaster

MayorPartyTerm startTerm end
John Passmore 18181820
Samuel Carpenter 18211823
Nathaniel Lightner 18241830
John Mathiot 18311843
Michael Carpenter 18431851
Christian Kieffer 18521854
Jacob Albright 18551855
John Zimmerman 18561857
Thomas Henry Burrowes 18581858
George Sanderson 18591868
William Atlee 18691871
Fredrick Pyfer 18711873
William Stauffer 18731877
John MacGonigle 18771884
David Rosenmiller 18841886
William Morton 18861888
Edward Edgerly 18881890
Robert Clark 18901894
Edwin Smeltz 18941898
Simon Shissler 18981900
Henry Muhlenberg 19001902
Chester Cummings 19021906
John Piersol McCaskey 19061910
Frank B. McClain 19101915
Harry L. Trout 19151920
Horace E. Kennedy 19201922
Frank Musser 19221930
T. Warren Metzger 19301934
James Ross 19341938
Dale Cary 19381950
Kendig C. Bare 19501950
Howard Bare 19501951
Kendig C. Bare 19511958
Thomas J. Monaghan 19581962
George Coe 19621966
Thomas J. Monaghan 19661974
Richard M. Scott 19741979
Albert Wohlsen 19791980
Arthur E. Morris Republican 19801990
Janice Stork Democratic 1990January 1998
Charlie Smithgall Republican January 1998January 3, 2006
Rick Gray Democratic January 3, 2006January 2, 2018 [2]
Danene Sorace Democratic January 2, 2018 [2] Incumbent

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References

  1. Mayors of the City of Lancaster, PA Archived 2007-10-18 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  2. 1 2 Janesch, Sam (2018-01-03). "Danene Sorace sworn in as Lancaster's new mayor, pledges to work for 'every neighborhood'". LNP . Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-07-23.